King Frederik’s rumoured ‘mistress’ Genoveva Casanova breaks silence after Mary is crowned Queen

Mexican socialite Genoveva Casanova, who has denied an affair with King Frederik, emerged for the first time since Mary was crowned Queen.

The glamorous Mexican socialite at the centre of affair rumours made her first public comments since the crowning of King Frederik X and Queen Mary.

The reaction of actress Genoveva Casanova to the ascension of the new Danish monarch, and his wife, came under intense scrutiny after she was forced to deny “malicious” speculation of a romantic relationship.

But Ms Casanova ignored the royal proclamation, which Frederik sealed with a kiss to Mary on the palace balcony, to instead post to Instagram about child slavery.

Mexican socialite Genoveva Casanova denied having an affair with Frederik after pictures emerged of the two in Madrid, Spain. Picture: Instagram

King Frederik X and Queen Mary kiss on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace shortly after his proclamation. Picture: Getty Images

She shared a video, originally posted by Spanish singer and actor Miguel Bose, about children working children in the cobalt mines of the Congo.

“40,000 slave children in Congo are forced to work in cobalt mines so we can drive electric cars,” the original post was captioned by Bose.

It was one of the few posts to her Instagram since publishing a lengthy denial of an affair, sparked by photos of the pair in Spain when he was still Crown Prince last year.

“I categorically deny the statements that suggest a romantic relationship between Prince Frederik and me,” Casanova said after photos of the pair were published.

“Any statement of this type not only completely lacks the truth but also maliciously misrepresents the facts.”

The sudden abdication of Queen Margrethe II and the rapid proclamation of King Frederik and Queen Mary two weeks later led to speculation that the former monarch stepped down in a move to save her son’s marriage and secure the future of the monarchy.

But the claims have been disputed by Danish historian Lars Hovbakke Sørensen, a professor at Copenhagen’s Absalon University and author of several European history books — including Denmark: From Ancient Times to Today.

“There’s been a lot of rumours about that in both foreign countries and in some Danish newspapers,” he said.

“But I think the largest part of the Danish population, the majority, I don’t think see that as the reason, or the main reason, why Queen Margrethe has abdicated,” he added.

“It is too small a case, so to speak. It’s too unimportant to let it define when Queen Margrethe should abdicate.”

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